From the time
Kirk Mellish was a little boy he knew he wanted to grow up to be one of two
things: either a fireman or a weatherman. Luckily for Atlanta residents, the WSB
radio veteran chose to follow the weather. He was fascinated with science and
his family nurtured that fascination by giving Kirk science kits as gifts when
he was growing up. He says although broadcasting was not on his mind, he did use
a CB radio to broadcast weather reports to truckers. When they began to ask him
for forecasts, he started studying weather books. After graduating from
Valparaiso University with a degree in broadcast meteorology, he joined WSB
radio. That was over twenty years ago. Today, listeners tune in each day to find
out how Kirk will rate that days weather on the “Mellish Meter” and he has
become famous for severe weather reporting: “When the weather is hellish, depend
on Mellish”

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